Atlas Rockets Integral To Commercial Crew Program

Reflecting upon NASA's tremendous successes over the last five
decades, the United Launch Alliance released a statement saying it
is "honored that our heritage Atlas vehicles launched the historic
Mercury launches of John Glenn and Scott Carpenter 50 years ago ...
Monday."

ULA Atlas V

"Today, ULA stands on the shoulders of giants as the Atlas
launch vehicle once again has been selected for human spaceflight
– this time as the launch vehicle for Boeing's CST-100,
Sierra Nevada's Dream Chaser and Blue Origin's Space Vehicle under
NASA's Commercial Crew Program," the company said. "Working
together with NASA, these established companies and entrepreneurs
plan to usher in a bold new era of human spaceflight –
transporting NASA astronauts to the International Space Station and
opening spaceflight to non-government passengers for the first
time.

"We congratulate the NASA team and the heroes who launched the
dreams of our country. ULA is proud of our contributions to those
first momentous launches and privileged to continue working with
NASA to boldly launch the future."